A flag would have been nice too

[Draconator]

 

[BuffaloBill]

I’m at the point where I can say, who cares?

[Scott7975]

The flag wouldnt have mattered at that point.  The taunting rule sucks anyways.

[billsfan1959]

Didn’t affect the play on the field…

 

[Steptide]

Would've rather had a flag for illegal motion on the Kelce td in OT 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Would the TD have counted? He technically taunted while the play was occurring and before he reached the endzone. If called, would it have negated the play? 

[Success]

I can't care about this, really. It's a bad rule, and it's not the reason we lost the game.

 

I thought the officials actually did a great job the whole game.

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just now, Steptide said:

Would've rather had a flag for illegal motion on the Kelce td in OT 

i posted this like 5 minutes after the game. It was plain as day to see how they didn’t re-set. Just a really clear penalty. 

Just now, Success said:

 

 

I thought the officials actually did a great job the whole game.

 

Agreed. They let them play. Refs were a non-factor, which is what I prefer. 

[Nextmanup]

4 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Would the TD have counted? He technically taunted while the play was occurring and before he reached the endzone. If called, would it have negated the play? 

I think the answer is "YES" even though everyone around here seems to be treating it as a dead ball foul.

It wouldn't have been; it's just that normally taunting is a dead ball foul b/c it occurs after the TD is scored.

 

The TD would have been negated and LOS moved back 15 yards.

 

 

[Billl]

11 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

I think the answer is "YES" even though everyone around here seems to be treating it as a dead ball foul.

It wouldn't have been; it's just that normally taunting is a dead ball foul b/c it occurs after the TD is scored.

 

The TD would have been negated and LOS moved back 15 yards.

 

 

Nope

[Brand J]

I liked that the officials didn’t get in the way of the game, it’s what helped make it as iconic as it was. Never been a fan of this taunting penalty anyway.

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

TD would have counted and the 15 yards would've been enforced on either the PAT or the kickoff 

 

ARTICLE 9. DEAD BALL FOUL AND FOUL BETWEEN DOWNS

A Dead Ball Foul is a foul that occurs in the continuing action after a down ends, or a taunting foul that occurs at any time. The penalty for a Dead Ball Foul is enforced from the succeeding spot, and the down counts.

[Niagara Dude]

1 hour ago, Draconator said:

 

Again who cares

[Taro Nimbus]

TD would have counted anyway, so whats the point of caring about a flag?  

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Edited January 29, 2022 by Ridgewaycynic2013

[f0neguy]

A possible reason to care is the extra point would have been backed up 15 yards.   If the extra point was missed then KC would not have been able to tie the game with a field goal.   So yeah, I kind of cared about the non call…

[John from Riverside]

Thank NFL....Hill probably had that in his seat cushions

[Mango]

I think the taunting penalty is dumb for a bunch of reasons. One is that it’s football. The other is that is is subjectively enforced differently in the same game. 
 

But this one makes me really mad. The penalty literally exists because of Tyreek and the peace sign. If you don’t flag him for that, WTF is the point of ever throwing a flag. 
 

In this instance, really want the flag because of TH history with the rule. But I also want the rule to go away. 

[Beast]

The penalty in Tampa would have been better.

[Livinginthepast]

58 minutes ago, f0neguy said:

A possible reason to care is the extra point would have been backed up 15 yards.   If the extra point was missed then KC would not have been able to tie the game with a field goal.   So yeah, I kind of cared about the non call…

This is an excellent point and yet another possible twist in this game on the lack of call. I appreciated that the refs took a step back in this game and didnt call the usual BS or ticky tack calls for EVERYTHING. But this was textbook taunting and definitely should have been called as it was ALL season. If KC misses the subsequent extra point then the Bills score their TD then all of a sudden its a 4 pt lead, we kick it deep through the endzone and play the same defense that we did (now actually appropriate to the situation) and its game over.  So many what ifs in this game!